Appendix 4 - Public awareness activities and publications

During 2011–12, the Clerk and other senior officers made presentations on aspects of the Senate, Senate committees and parliamentary procedure to various Australian and international audiences, including:

individual parliamentarians and their staff

departmental staff, other parliamentary officers and staff from a wide range of Australian Public Service departments and agencies

members of the diplomatic community

overseas visitors, including parliamentary delegations and participants in capacity building programs

participants in conferences and seminars, including as part of programs conducted by the Australian National University Parliamentary Studies Centre and the Australasian Study of Parliament Group

school children and members of the public.

Departmental officers also published papers on the powers, procedures and operations of the Senate or related issues, as detailed below.

Papers produced by departmental officers, 2011–12

Author

Publication

Date

Rosemary Laing

A view from the Senate, The impact of minority government on the House of Representatives, seminar, Parliament House

August 2011

Bill Bannear

Curbing the Grand Inquest: legislative v. executive in the United States and Australia, Papers on Parliament, Number 57, Department of the Senate

February 2012

The department maintained and updated an extensive catalogue of publicly available documents and other resources during 2011–12, as listed by category below. Contact details for each publication area are also listed at the end of this appendix.

Materials which are available on the Senate’s website (www.aph.gov.au/senate) or the Parliamentary Education Office website (www.peo.gov.au) are marked with the symbol . Materials which are available in hard copy are marked with the symbol . Materials available on CD are marked with the symbol .